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Brad Eldred 1B

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
11 299 .203 .258 .417 78 -0.9
Birth Date7-12-1980
Height6' 6"
Weight270 lbs
Age43 years, 9 months, 29 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2005 PIT 24 55 208 42 9 0 12 13 77 3 1 1 .221 .279 .458 86 -3.4 -2.4 -1.4 -0.5
2007 PIT 26 19 47 5 1 0 2 1 16 0 0 0 .109 .128 .261 54 -2.6 -0.5 -0.6 -0.3
2010 COL 29 11 27 6 1 0 1 2 10 1 0 0 .250 .333 .417 71 -0.9 0.4 -0.2 0.0
2012 DET 31 5 17 3 1 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 .188 .235 .375 61 -0.8 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
Career90299561211517109411.203.258.41778-7.6-2.7-2.3-0.9

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2002 WPT A- NYP 72 302 .000 .000 .000 .354 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 HIC A SAL 115 472 .000 .000 .000 .308 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 LYN A+ CRL 91 388 .000 .000 .000 .382 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 ALT AA EAS 39 158 .000 .000 .000 .304 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 PIT MLB NL 55 208 .259 .322 .408 .291 104 -1.5 6.0 -3.7 86 11 -1.4 -2.4 -3.4 -0.5
2005 ALT AA EAS 21 93 .265 .325 .410 .326 100 13.3 1.9 -1.2 202 0 -0.7 0.3 9.7 1.0
2005 IND AAA INT 54 214 .273 .338 .433 .325 105 14.2 5.6 -3.6 133 0 -1.8 -0.8 8.5 0.7
2006 IND AAA INT 18 71 .257 .331 .388 .268 98 0.6 2.0 -1.3 90 0 -1.4 -0.9 -0.7 -0.2
2007 PIT MLB NL 19 47 .267 .326 .433 .107 101 -6.6 1.4 -0.6 54 13 -0.6 -0.5 -2.6 -0.3
2007 IND AAA INT 86 342 .257 .329 .387 .243 95 -9 9.7 -5.4 78 0 -10.2 -2.7 -7.6 -1.6
2008 CHR AAA INT 114 469 .264 .331 .403 .278 91 11.9 13.3 -8.1 100 0 13.5 -2.5 -6.0 1.0
2009 SYR AAA INT 106 395 .259 .327 .389 .325 106 4.3 11.2 -7 126 0 -3.9 -1.1 11.4 1.0
2010 COL MLB NL 11 27 .258 .320 .393 .385 104 -0.2 0.7 -0.4 71 13 -0.2 0.4 -0.9 0.0
2010 CSP AAA PCL 106 434 .275 .345 .429 .302 109 11.1 13.2 -7.2 115 0 -2.1 -1.2 9.4 1.1
2011 FRE AAA PCL 111 413 .289 .360 .453 .315 104 11.1 12.8 -6.4 111 0 -4.2 -1.3 7.1 0.8
2012 DET MLB AL 5 17 .255 .324 .418 .300 104 -0.3 0.5 -0.3 61 14 0.0 -0.2 -0.8 -0.1
2012 TOL AAA INT 63 265 .256 .328 .393 .340 97 24.9 7.9 -5 184 0 -0.9 0.1 23.8 2.6

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2002 WPT A- NYP 302 276 43 78 22 3 10 136 48 18 74 10 1 .283 .340 .493 .210 0 0
2003 HIC A SAL 472 420 62 105 22 0 28 211 80 38 142 7 1 .250 .328 .502 .252 0 0
2004 ALT AA EAS 158 147 24 41 9 0 17 101 60 6 51 0 0 .279 .329 .687 .408 0 0
2004 LYN A+ CRL 388 335 54 104 22 1 21 191 77 35 97 5 2 .310 .400 .570 .260 0 0
2005 IND AAA INT 214 195 31 55 13 1 15 115 48 14 57 4 0 .282 .340 .590 .308 0 0
2005 PIT MLB NL 208 190 23 42 9 0 12 87 27 13 77 1 1 .221 .279 .458 .237 2 0
2005 ALT AA EAS 93 84 22 28 6 0 13 73 27 8 25 1 1 .333 .391 .869 .536 0 0
2006 IND AAA INT 71 62 10 14 7 0 3 30 10 8 18 1 1 .226 .314 .484 .258 0 0
2007 IND AAA INT 342 311 37 65 10 2 15 124 45 20 90 9 3 .209 .276 .399 .190 0 0
2007 PIT MLB NL 47 46 3 5 1 0 2 12 3 1 16 0 0 .109 .128 .261 .152 0 0
2008 CHR AAA INT 469 427 62 104 22 1 35 233 100 28 144 3 3 .244 .307 .546 .302 0 0
2009 SYR AAA INT 395 353 53 95 26 0 17 172 59 30 96 6 4 .269 .345 .487 .218 0 0
2010 COL MLB NL 27 24 4 6 1 0 1 10 3 2 10 0 0 .250 .333 .417 .167 0 0
2010 CSP AAA PCL 434 394 67 104 27 1 30 223 84 33 119 6 0 .264 .329 .566 .302 0 0
2011 FRE AAA PCL 413 371 61 103 23 2 23 199 57 34 94 9 4 .278 .351 .536 .259 0 0
2012 DET MLB AL 17 16 1 3 1 1 0 6 1 1 6 0 0 .188 .235 .375 .188 0 0
2012 TOL AAA INT 265 236 49 72 18 1 24 164 65 24 73 5 0 .305 .374 .695 .390 2 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2010 102 0.4314 0.5882 0.4833 0.7955 0.4310 0.5714 0.3600 0.5167 -0.0016
2012 51 0.5098 0.5882 0.6333 0.7308 0.4400 0.7895 0.3636 0.3667 0.0038
Career1530.45750.58820.53330.77390.43400.64410.36120.46670.0002

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2009-07-21 2009-08-15 Minors 25 0 Foot Contusion -
2008-06-23 2008-07-22 Minors 29 0 Left Fingers Fracture -
2006-04-24 2006-09-05 Minors 134 0 Left Thumb Surgery Fracture and Torn Ligament 2006-04-25

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 PIT $382,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$382,000
1 yrTotal$382,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 148 d1 year (2012)

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 1/21/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Detroit 4/27/12. DFA by Detroit 5/4/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/5/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 1/14/11 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 12/09 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Colorado 7/7/10. DFA by Colorado 7/27/10.
  • 1 year (2009). Signed by Washington as a free agent 12/08 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2008). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 12/07 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.382M (2007). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/07. DFA 12/3/07, non-tendered by Pittsburgh 12/12/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/06.
  • 1 year/$0.316M (2005). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 1/05.
  • Drafted by Pittsburgh 2002 (6-163) (Florida International).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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DateQuestionAnswer
2009-05-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)After Walter Young and Brad Eldred, I'm a bit cautious about huge guys who rake in low A with poor walk-strikeout ratios. Can Calvin Anderson avoid their fate?
(Joel from Washington, DC)
Probably not, but he sure is fun to follow. (Kevin Goldstein)


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